Chemists have long relied on techniques that give indirect hints and clues as to the structure of the molecules they study, but advances in scanning probe microscopy provide a glimpse of the individual atoms and bonds within pentacene.
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Champness, N. The tip of what can be seen. Nature Chem 1, 597–598 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.418
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